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Boy is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. This book describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book Going Solo. An expanded edition titled More About Boy was published in 2008, featuring the full original text and illustrations with additional stories, letters, and photographs. It presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.
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Social life and customs, English Authors, Youth, Nonfiction, Authors, Biography & Autobiography, Juvenile literature, Childhood and youth, Biography, Travel, Secondary Education, Jugend, Autobiografie, Manners and customs, Education (Elementary), Education (Secondary), Literature, Description and travel, Boys, Boarding schools, In literature, English Novelists, Dahl, roald, 1916-1990, Authors, juvenile literature, Authors, english, Authors, biography, Children's fiction, Boys, fiction, AnecdotesPeople
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"An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is full of all sorts of boring details."
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